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2025 is our 5th Year doing this at Sunset Beach, North Carolina! Casual, simple, public circle of drumming & music (free loaner drums and rattles on-hand too): first-timers, newcomers, professionals, all locals, all visitors WELCOME!
Led by various Drum Circle Hosts each time. Wanna lead some? Ask Suzy or Mary!
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  • FREE on public beach/gazebo for 1.5 hrs, weather permitting, weekly MONDAYS on beach by Sunset Beach Pier:
    May-Aug starts 630pm
    all Sept starts 6pm
    See our beach video from July 2022: fb.watch/exM5TKOu4G/
  • See more pics & videos: facebook.com/SBDrumCircleNC

This community drumming & music circle is for ANYONE interested in casual, musical FUN! On the beach by the SB Pier (left side) in North Carolina, USA.

  • ADDRESS ON BEACH: 101 W. Main Street, Sunset Beach NC.
  • Loaner drums, rattles, bells available for free, first-come-first-use
  • Other instruments WELCOME! Dancers also welcome!
  • Free parking after 5pm in paved lot at the gazebo, or along east side of causeway/bridge road
  • OR, $10/all day parking in dirt lot by the pier (at green building)
  • All skill levels wanted: first-timers, newcomers, casual, professional, beach visitors, tourists, locals, residents, kids, adults, teens, seniors, all beings, everyone!

Nicole Depauw and Margo Ross Sears started this in 2021 to have beachy fun with visitors and locals! Come play drums, bells, rattles, flutes, strings, horns, winds, brass or whatever YOU want to bring for fun and dancing, OR or just simply watch and relax on the beach with us. Join us!
We have 4 Rules for safety, peace, and common sense:

  • obey public laws (public drinking, pets on leashes, no glass, no littering, etc)
  • avoid any political or hot-button discussions
  • return borrowed instruments to owner immediately :)
  • HAVE FUN! BE JOY! BE OUTDOORS, CONNECTING! :)

Come meet other fun-loving, casual drumming and music enthusiasts! Feel the magic and connection of drumming in community, together.
WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU:

  • A friend or 2 or 3 or whole family or neighbors!
  • a chair or beach towel when on beach
  • casual dress code, DRESS FOR THE WEATHER
  • your drum, if applies (all types drums or ANY instruments are welcome!)
  • any other percussion--rattles, bells, chimes, pan lids, shakers, clappers
  • bug spray, water/drink, sunscreen when on beach

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  • Weekly Drum Circle on the Beach
    Sunset Beach Fishing Pier, Sunset Beach, NC
    • Photo of Mary T Timothy
    • Photo of Suzy Darby
  • Weekly Drum Circle on the Beach
    Sunset Beach Fishing Pier, Sunset Beach, NC
    • Photo of Mary T Timothy
    • Photo of Suzy Darby
  • Weekly Drum Circle on the Beach
    Sunset Beach Fishing Pier, Sunset Beach, NC
    • Photo of Mary T Timothy
    • Photo of Suzy Darby
  • Weekly Drum Circle on the Beach
    Sunset Beach Fishing Pier, Sunset Beach, NC
    • Photo of Mary T Timothy
    • Photo of Suzy Darby